Overshoe-holder.



G. W. vDGPKINS.

VERSHOE HOLDER. APPLIoMjmN FILED MAY 4, 1907.

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PATENTEDVDEG. 17, 19o?.

UNITED STATES GEORGE .DOPKINS, OF MORRIS, MINNESOTA.

OVERSHOE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 17, 190,7.

Appiimiun rieti May 4.1907. semi No. 371.866.

To all ywhom @it-'may cfm/cern: t

Be it known that I, Giioiicn W. Doriiixs, a citizen of the United States, residingI at Morris, in the count-y of Stevens and State ot Minnesota, have invented a new and useful ,()vershoc-llolder, ot' which the following is a x tion 6 of the plate Lt and the main portion specification. t

This invention relates to improvements in overslioe holders, that is, to means for preventing an overshoe or rubber troni being' accidentally removed from agordina'i'y shoe I bythe suction produced byniiid or troni any other such cause. if

The object of the present invention is-to produce a cheap and easily applied means to e attached to the heel port-ion of an ordinary i overshoe in such position as to engage the leather heel of the ordinary shoe while at the saine time the overshoe may be easily detached or unlocked from thev ordinary shoe and the overshoe be then easily removed in thtl ordinary manner. i

he invention consists essentially ina singie metallic strip bent to engage over the upper edge of the heel portion of an overshoe and be there locked against accidental reiiioval, and also to engage by elastic pressure against the heel portionof anordiiiai'yleather 'shoe'insuch manner as to resist any tendency of the rubber or overshoe to move in a direction to become detached from the ordinary shoe.

The invention will be fully 'understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accoiiipany-'iiigl drawings forming part. oi this specification, in

Figure 1' is a longitudinal section of the heel portion of a shoe and an overslioe thereon with my invention applied thereto; and

is a perspective View pf the fasteningr structure constituting iiiyiiiivent ion.

Fig, 2

Referring to the drawings, there is shown in sufiicient detail for thepurposes of the lollowiiig description the rear poi-1 ion oi an ordinary shoe 1 having an ordinary leat her Iieel crative relation to the heel portion f ol' an ordinary rubber or oveislioe.

The fastener consists of a metallic plate 4 of spring steel or other stili elast-ie material j having its lower edge provided with teeth or v The shoe 1 with its heel 2 is shown in opl l again bent on itself, as indicated .at 7, andbent iii a direction to have its free end 8 con thereof is snllieient to receive the upper edge ol' the heel of a rubber so that the, iii-ain )ortioii of thy? device extends downward along the inner wall of the heel portion of the rubber to apoint opposite the leather heel portion l oll the shoe 1, while the shorter downward extension 6 lies outside of the rear wall et the heel portion 3 of the overshoe and the teeth t) bite into the structure of the rear wall ot the overshoe. These teeth are so bent as to tend upwardly and there is sulle cient' spring in the portion't to cause these teeth to normally tend to bite into the wall of the overshoe. This wall being thus 'grasped between the inaiii portion of the device and the portion 6 with the teeth 9 tendor ovei'shoe, the device is firmly locked in place against any force tending to iiiove fit upward above the upper edge of the heel of the overshoe. The lower end'oi 'the inain body before it terminates in the teeth 5 is bent in a direction which will cause it to 001i-, tact with and bear against-the heel 12 with a certain amount ol elastic foreeand the teeth 5, tendingl downward, will bite-to a greater or less extent into the heel 2.

Now, let us assuirie that an overshoe is provided with the device, as indicated in Fig. l, and that it is drawn upon an ordinary leather shoe. The upper end of the device eiiibi'a-cing the top of the rear wall rof the oversho'e holds the device from being dragged down into the overshoe as fthe latter is drawn on to the leather slice while thevteeth 5 ridel readily alonpr the back of the heel 2. 'lhe overshoe being' )laced on the leather shoe, the spriiigof the lower or body portion 4 ol` the device brinirs the teeth 5 into contact with the heel 2 with their ioints tending forward and downward, while the. teeth 9 engage the outer wall of the heel portion of the overshoe with their points tending upward. Now, suppose a torce is brought to bear upon the overshoe tendingto draw it off t'roiii the leather shoe. For instance, let it be supposed that the user has stepped on i mud or some other semi-adherent material The extieiiic edge ot' the' which ordinarily will be sufficiently tenacious to draw an overshoe from a leather shoe. This force tends at once to cause the teeth 5 to bite into the heel 2 of the leather shoe and the' teeth 9 to bite into the outer wall of the heel pottion 3 of the overshoe. The teeth 9 prevent the overshoe from withdrawing from between the main body of the device and the return portion 6, while the teeth 5 revent the device from being moved on the eather shoe in a direction which wouldpermit the withdrawal of the overshoe` The overshoe is thus securely locked against accidental removal.

urposely remove the overshoe from the eather shoe., it is only necessary to lift the teeth 9 awa from the rear wall of the overshoe by pul inw on the lower end of the por-A tion 6, after w lich the'entire device may be easily withdrawn from the overshoe and the latter removed from the leather shoe, or, if the overshoe be of sullicient size, a finger may be inserted down the inside thereof and the slipped oil' in the usual manner.

Now, if it be desired to` I claim j 1. An overshoe fastener comprising a body portion terminating in downwardly-extending teeth, and having another elastlc portion integral with and bent over to lie adjacent to the body portion and terminating in upwardly-extending teeth, the two portions being ada ted toiextend along the inner and outer wal s, respectively, of the heel portion In testimony that l claim-the foregoing; as

my own, have hereto allixed my signatur(l in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. DOPIUNS.

Witnesses: l

JULIA HIPPE, CLARA Dor luxs. 

